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Comrades and Clickbait: Why the Left Needs a Messaging Makeover

From Clown to Caudillo: Trump 1.0 vs. Trump 2.0

How to Talk to Someone on the Other Side—When We've All Been Groomed to Hate Each Other

How the Brutalized Become Brutal

Before They Come for Us Again

Not All Cubans

Brazil Pulled Back from the Brink of Fascism. Can We Do What They Did?

Today, I'm Celebrating Oney Judge

Everything Is Mine: Narcissists, Splitting, and the Politics of Disposability

What Kind of Person Gets Turned On by a Billionaire?

On Kids & Chosen Names

The Exoticization of Excellence

The Soft Yes That Breaks You

A moment of my beloved New Mexico

An Open Letter to Leanna Perry

The Black Mexican President Who Abolished Slavery in Texas Long Before Juneteenth

To the Florida Sheriff Who Called for Civilians to be Killed

2nd Edition, New Cover!

I Lost a TV Deal for Telling the Truth About Gaza

WHERE RABBITS GATHERED

Are Tyrants Always This Fragile?

10 Awful Things That Are Still Better Than Kristi Noem

Poisoned Eggs, Poisoned Air: The GOP’s Real “Defund the Police” Agenda

What Happens When Two Narcissists Go to War?

10 Dangerous Myths Most Americans Believe About Latinos

The Democrats Already Have Their Next President. They’re Just Too Stupid to See It.

Lunch With My Garbage Niece Who Thinks She’s All Bad

Why Did Fascists Punch Elon Musk?

Is This the End for the USA?

Thank God We Don't Live in a Communist Dictatorship

An Ode to South San Antonio

Is It Okay to Feel Joy Anymore?

Smile for the Algorithm, B*tch

San Antonio Versus Austin

Yep, I'm Becoming Catholic. It's Political.

Of All the Lies, This One Sucks the Most

"Why Can't You Just Say Yes?"

Beauty is the Resistance

Maybe: God Always Has a Punchline

Why Is a Poor Nation Like Cuba Kicking America's Ass at Education?

Takis Under the Desk

The White Hair Wasn't Real

Easter: A Reminder That Jesus Was Not a Fan of Billionaires or Border Walls

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If It’s a Cult, What Breaks the Spell?

Don't Worry, America. He Was White.

Can Americans Recognize Fascism Without a Scary Soundtrack?

The Utah Way: Surprise! "Red" States Can Think for Themselves

Are Americans Just Stupid...

On Finding a Hair Stylist in Austin at 56

The Future Just Passed Elon Musk

Dear Austin, Texas: Stop With Hoochie Daddy Shorts Pls Thx

Elon Musk Is Just Don Juan de Oñate With WiFi

The Moral Arc Isn’t Bending—It’s Breaking

School Choice, My Ass

Seven Texas Musical Acts Who’ll Restore Your Faith in America (No, Seriously)

He Sent a Photo of a Torture Device. I Knew What It Meant.

César Chávez Wasn’t Trying to Be Your Hero

The Most Dangerous Word in Texas

Smoked Out: The True and Surprising History of BBQ

Photo of the Day… or Human Shield?

Leashed in an Off-Leash World

How An Evangelical Pastor Is Moving the Right to the Center

Elon Musk Moved to Texas. Texas Said, “Nah.”

H-E-B and the America We Could Be

Houston's Mo Amer is the New Charlie Chaplin

The Post-Trump Populist Revolution Will Begin in Texas—and It Won’t Look Like Anything Before

Why I’m Moving to Texas (Yes, Really)

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Billionaires in Love? I’ll Pass.

Writing in the Shadow of Authoritarianism

Great News: CRY Wins the Cristelia Pérez Award!

Quickie Book Review

The Lost Art of Precision

Unlock the Secret Behind Every Bestselling Novel

Who Gets to Define Latina Authenticity in Publishing?

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